Awake Too Long Lyrics - Black Market - Rise Against

I watched the rise and the fall of the common man 

I lived to see all our steps walked back 

I watched the walls all crash down crumbling 

Just to be rebuilt while we slept 

We threw swords in the oceans wide and deep 

We promise peace but the peace won't last 

Because now we forge new blades so nervously 

Waiting for this harmony to pass 

I stand guard and roam 

Like a sentinel and I see it all 

I've been awake too long 

Wish there was something 

That could close my eyes 

To all that I see 

Awake too long 

It would be easier 

To fall asleep 

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We fell in love but the love kept running out 

We followed roads but the roads all end 

We lived and learned and learned to live without 

Falling from the ladders we ascend 

I've seen the eyes of the widows left behind 

I've seen the child of a fallen man 

And never once did our leaders apologize 

For battles they began 

I can't look away 

Or pretend not to see and so I stay 

I've been awake too long 

Wish there was something 

That could close my eyes 

To all that I see awake too long 

It would be easier 

To fall asleep, asleep 

Maybe I would dream if I could sleep 

Maybe I'd see what this could be 

Instead of what it is 

Is there bliss in ignorance 

Is this our demise we can't prevent 

Should we fall asleep? 

I've been awake too long 

I've been awake too long 

I've been awake too long 

I've been awake too long 

And like constant vigils 

We are burning eternal flames 

A surgery 

Blades in an open heart 

And through it all 

Every single cut 

I've been awake.